Free Sitemap Parser API - Analyze XML

Parameters

name	in	type	required	description
`url`	query	string	required	The sitemap URL, or just the site address (https://example.com). The sitemap is then looked up in robots.txt and at the usual paths.
`limit`	query	number	optional	Maximum number of URLs to return range `1 to 1000` default `100`
`follow_index`	query	boolean	optional	Follow and parse child sitemaps in a sitemap index

Request

Send your key in the X-API-Key header. More languages and patterns live on the code examples page.

curl -s "https://apixies.io/api/v1/parse-sitemap?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsitemap.xml" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch("https://apixies.io/api/v1/parse-sitemap?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsitemap.xml", {
  headers: { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

$ch = curl_init("https://apixies.io/api/v1/parse-sitemap?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsitemap.xml");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"],
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

print_r($data);

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://apixies.io/api/v1/parse-sitemap",
    params={"url": "https://example.com/sitemap.xml"},
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(res.json())

Response

The result sits under data in the standard envelope. See the response format guide for errors and status codes.

returns

data.urls: Each URL with loc, lastmod, changefreq and priority.
data.total_urls: URLs in the sitemap, before the limit. With follow_index: URLs in the child sitemaps that were read.
data.stats: How many URLs set lastmod, changefreq and priority, plus the date range.
data.type: Either urlset or sitemapindex.
data.returned_urls: URLs included in this response.
data.url: The sitemap that was parsed. Differs from requested_url when it had to be found.
data.discovered_via: How the sitemap was found: robots.txt, common path, or null when the URL you passed was the sitemap.
data.stats.child_sitemaps_failed: With follow_index: child sitemaps that were unreachable, not valid XML, or over 16 MB.

example response 200

{
    "status": "success",
    "http_code": 200,
    "code": "SUCCESS",
    "message": "Sitemap parsed successfully",
    "data": {
        "url": "https://example.com/sitemap.xml",
        "type": "urlset",
        "requested_url": "https://example.com",
        "discovered_via": "robots.txt",
        "total_urls": 247,
        "returned_urls": 100,
        "urls": [
            {
                "loc": "https://example.com/",
                "lastmod": "2026-02-28",
                "changefreq": "daily",
                "priority": "1.0"
            }
        ],
        "stats": {
            "has_lastmod": 180,
            "has_changefreq": 50,
            "has_priority": 50,
            "oldest_lastmod": "2024-03-10",
            "newest_lastmod": "2026-02-28"
        }
    }
}

Authentication and limits

This endpoint needs an API key. Use the sandbox ("try it" above) to test it without registering. See the authentication guide for details.

Standard rate limits apply to this endpoint.

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